Special Bars with a Twist
Last updated on 06/28/2026
The 10 best Special Bars with a Twist in Berlin
Sometimes the local pub around the corner isn't enough. Then you need a bar with an idea, a theme or a setting you won't find anywhere else. Berlin offers a whole range of them. Behind the heavy velvet curtains of the Curtain Club in the Ritz-Carlton in Tiergarten, a world of its own opens up, while the Berliner Republik in Mitte has the beer price calculated like the stock exchange, complete with crash and bell chime. The Zyankali Bar in Kreuzberg celebrates drinking culture in a chemistry-lab look, and at the Train Cocktailbar in Schöneberg you sit in a converted S-Bahn carriage from 1920. Whether burlesque, ice or fairy tales, going out becomes an experience here. Which of these bars would you step into first?
Francesca Cerza
I like bars that tell a story before the first drink even arrives. At the Zyankali Bar I drank from test tubes, and at the Berliner Republik I watched the beer price fall. For this list I went where Berlin dares to do something different. These are my ten favorite finds.
Hidden behind heavy velvet curtains lies the sophisticated world of the "Curtain Club", the cocktail bar at the Ritz-Carlton, Berlin in Mitte.
The Provocateur Bar in Berlin-Wilmersdorf celebrates the Golden Twenties in Berlin with red velvet sofas, dim lighting and extravagant cocktails.
Whoever bravely rings the initially inconspicuous door in Kreuzberg dives into a glittering world full of first-class cocktails, champagne, and burlesque. The Prinzipal Burlesque Bar in Berlin Kreuzberg takes its guests back to the roaring twenties and also impresses with creative drinks.
The Fairytale Bar in Berlin-Friedrichshain delights guests with its fairytale bar concept.
With a good cocktail here you can just enjoy life and feel like Charlie Sheen. The Sharlie Cheen Bar in Berlin-Mitte is a place for a great evening!
The bubbling test glass from chemistry class in school has not been used in vain as namesake for Berlin's Zyankali Bar.
Fanfares resound, the bartender strikes the bell - stock market crash! The "stock exchange system" of Berliner Republik permanently calculates the price of the individual beer brands.
The Icebar in Berlin near Alexanderplatz offers a unique party experience where you can experience the magic of the Arctic and enter a world made entirely of ice.
You will see the world upside down when you go to the crazy bar Madame Claude in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
A refurnished street car wagon from 1920 is home to the Train cocktail bar close to Kleistpark in Berlin-Schöneberg.
